Who Rules the World? (1)

Who really rules our world today -- the opinions on this are
deeply divided. The ages of a Sun King, the idealization of the Leo
archetype, are over. Uranus now rules in the form of countless groups,
organizations, and communities that often operate behind the scenes.
However, an official poster child of this development can still be found
in the meeting of the powerful at the G8 summits. This is what occurred
at the start of the week on June 17 around 3 p.m. as the political
leaders of America, Russia, Germany, France, England, Canada, Japan, and
Italy sat down at a little round table to solve the acute problems of the
world.

Why China is still missing in this circle but the EU is represented
multiple times is probably due less to the significance of these states
than the old political reservations. Nevertheless, an astrological glance
behind the official facades seems like a good idea. Who are the men and
women governing our world, who gets along with each other – or not, and,
above all: How are they involved in the current topics of our age?

Vladimir Putin

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will be allowed to go first. As can
easily be recognized in almost every photo from recent weeks, Putin
apparently has a permanent bad mood. A Sun-Saturn conjunction obviously
cannot be expected to be the life of every party, even if the Sun is in
Libra and has a Neptune-Mercury conjunction at its side. But power weighs
heavy on his shoulder during these days. This situation is compounded (in
the course of Saturn's transit over his Scorpio-Venus) by the divorce
from Lyudmila, his wife of many years. And all of this could possibly get
much worse.

Putin is one of
those individuals who are also personally involved in the ongoing
Uranus-Pluto square. His Sun, together with Saturn, is now increasingly
coming into focus; in addition, the current Saturn is wandering back and
forth on his presumed AC. He appears to be quite intent on assuming the
Pluto part in the spirit of the times during the coming weeks and months
and is now on the best path to once again tearing open old divides.

Unfortunately, the glance into the immediate future does not reveal
any changes in this respect. Quite to the contrary: The pressure will
increase. There are too many tension aspects at one time, together with
the related possibilities of projecting personal problems onto others or
even the entire world.

This is the crux for people in responsible positions: If they are not
integrated into the mundane current events, they are usually also not
capable of truly understanding the associated challenges and finding the
corresponding solutions. But if they are integrated (for example, through
transits on the radix positions), then there is always the danger that
they comprehend the connected tensions only as a result of their position
of power and completely ignore the personal requirements.

However, only both of these factors result in a politician of true
stature: the connection with and understanding of the current time
qualities, as well as the willingness to personally bear a part of this
"cross" and correspondingly change oneself.

Seen in this way, there is still at least the hope that Vladimir Putin
will change from Saul to Paul in the course of this process and that his
momentary attitude of refusal and drastic measures against dissidents are
only the expression of his own helplessness. This often becomes apparent
at the start of such processes.

Barack Obama

In the course of
this development, Putin’s relationship to the American president appears
to be increasingly chilly. Although the two of them are joined by a very
precise Moon-Moon conjunction, this extremely symbiotic connection is now
suffering from the current Neptune square. An individual's own
insecurity, which is often associated with it, can be very easily
projected on the respective other person -- which quickly leads to a
climate of mistrust. Unfortunately, this will continue until the start of
2014 and fits in wonderfully with the coming large square between Uranus,
Pluto, Jupiter, and Mars. Above all, this will probably give Putin a hard
time.

The only thing that can help here, even if the prospects of success
are limited: Taking measures to build trust. Obama has made a start with
his disarmament offer, but he should not hesitate to raise the ante.

We have already written much about Obama (links at the end of the
article), but it may still be remarkable within this context that he is
apparently wildly determined to assume the Uranian part of the square.
The mundane trine between Uranus and his Sun also leaves him few
alternatives, even if he is restricted at the moment by the simultaneous
square of Saturn to the radix Sun.

Putin as his counterpart – who with Pluto on the MC and Scorpio AC
obviously corresponds with the Plutonian part of the mundane square –
will not be so easy to convince that innovations are also in his best
interest. Above all, this applies if there are no economic offers that
take into consideration Putin's problems in his own country and offer
help in their resolution.

Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel sits
between the chairs of Russia and America. There are also enough basic
statements about her on Loop! (links at the end of the article). Her role
could and should be that of a mediator. She is connected with Putin at
best by a Mars-Mars conjunction in Sagittarius, which could casually also
be called a man-to-man friendship. But this has a potential for new
beginnings with the mutual Sagittarian orientation. Unfortunately,
Jupiter (as the ruler of Sagittarius) is located in completely different
correlations (Taurus and Cancer respectively), so it is not so simple to
trim it to a common line.

In addition, Angela Merkel is also under pressure from Uranus-Pluto;
Jupiter and Mercury are becoming increasingly involved in the time
square. She is also accused of the proverbial Cancerian crabwalk (two
steps forward, one or sometimes even more back) in the figurative sense.
The vision is often just limited to the immediate environment, the
homeland and her own country as an expression of "family."
Those who do not belong to this must deal with their problems on their
own.

Yet, with a Sun-Uranus conjunction she would also have the disposition
for introducing true innovations – even if this would always remain a
moony Cancer matter in which much depends on her own mental state and
mood. We can only hope that the coming Jupiter transition will bring new
perspectives with it and also the necessary power for subsequently
implementing them.
However, as a mediator between Obama and Putin, she always has a hurdle
to overcome: Both of them position their Saturn in tension to Merkel's
Sun-Uranus. One of them (Obama) is in opposition, and the other (Putin)
is the square. The individual's self-confidence suffers here, even
without anyone actually expressing any personal criticism. And if this
tension (as is often the case for people with a Cancer emphasis) is taken
too personally. But if the tables are turned, this person is very much
capable of bringing movement to the rigid "reality" of the two
presidents. However, this requires true inner greatness and only succeeds
when this person is absolutely authentic as a sunny individual.

Yet, Angela Merkel would not be the Mother of Germany if she did not
allow herself "moods" every once in a while. The best example
occurred in recent days. For the first time, she had the exact square of
Uranus to Jupiter and was allowed to listen to the charmingly expressed
scolding from Obama. We can be certain that it did not fail to leave its
mark on her – not under such a transit. It is possible that more has been
set into motion than just fleeting sensations. This also expressed itself
two days later during her visit to Russia. An argument almost occurred
when Ms. Chancellor wanted to cancel the mutual visit to an
"exhibition of looted art" with Putin. Although the mutual
appearance still occurred at the last moment, the climate of the
German-Russian relationship has been called "icy" by many
commentators in the meantime.

So we can be curious as to how the coming personal transits will
affect their behavior and decisions. Whether Vladimir Putin may still
develop into a true friend of humanity; whether Barack Obama will become
the great reformer that he claimed to be; and whether Angela Merkel can
expand her "nurturing ambitions" beyond the German borders. But
there are strong doubts about whether the three of them will soon
establish a mutual political cuddle group.

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